Safety-razor-blade-sharpening holder.



J. A. OARMON.

SAFETY RAZOR BLADE SHARPENING HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11,1914.

1,123,242, Patented Jan.'5 1915.

2 is a side view thereof; Fig. -3 is a strop, may be firmly JAXES A.CABMON; OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAFETY-BAZOB-BLADE-SHARPENING HOLDER.

Application filed July 11, 1914. Serial No. 850,282.

T011112 whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES A. CARMON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Safety-Razor-Blade-Sharpening Holder, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention provides a holder in which any pattern of safety razorblade is adapted to fit, and by means of which such blade, while beingsharpened on a flat hone or held at the correct angle to said hone orstrop.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a top view of the holder; Fig.

detailed view of the blade-holding member, and Fig. 4 is a sectionalview showing a modification of the blade-holding member.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The handle a, of metal orother suitable material, bears the two prongs band 0, between which, on the axle-d, is rotatably secured the metallicholding member 6, the inner portion of whichyex'tends between saidprongs b and c, and the outer portion of which is formed of the twoleaves f and g which hold between them the safety razor blade h. Lugs iare formed on both edges of each of the prongs b and c to limit therotation of the holding member 6 between said prongs. The inner portionof the holding member 0 which extends between the prongs b and c is alsoformed into two prongs, and is, between which on the axle Z is rotatablysecured the roller m, made of hard rubber or other suitable material,which is ada pd to roll on a flat hone or strop.

The lugs z are so formed on the prongs b and c and the roller m is ofsuch diameter that when the holder is being used the blade beingsharpened will be held at the proper angle to the surfaoeof the flathone or strop, and the roller m is also preferably of such weight as tooverbalance the blade holding member, so that when the device is liftedat the end of a stroke the blade holding member will maintain the samegeneral angular position with respect to the'handle that itSpecification of Letters Patent.

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stroke, and thus when in contact with the hone it will not be tilted thesurfaceof occupies during the the blade is brought for the next stroke,downward so as to dig into the hone. v

The two leaves f and g of holding member are made of spring metal andsprung closely against each other, their outer edges running parallel toeach other for a short distance so as to more securely grip the razorblade 7)..

In Fig. 4 is shown a modification of the blade-holding device. Theleaves 7 and g are hinged on the axle d and a screw n. passes throughleaf f and bears a ainst leaf 9, by the operation of which the lade maybe held in place between the leaves.

The peripheral surface of the roller m is p spherical or spheroidal, sothat if the blade I). should not be inserted between the leaves fiend gwith its edge exactly parallel to the edges of said leaves, neverthelessthe entire edge of the razor blade would bear equally against the stropor, hone, which would not be the case if the surface of the roller mwere exactly cylindrical.

Having now describediny invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A safety razor blade sharpening holder consisting'of a handle bearingtwo prongs, a blade-holding member pivoted between said prongs, meansfor limiting the movement. of said blade-holding member between saidprongs, and a roller borne by said bladeholding member and adapted toroll on the surface of the strop or bone.

. 2. A safety razor blade sharpening holder consisting of a handlebearing two prongs, lugs on said prongs adapted to limit-the movement ofthe blade-holding member, a blade-holding member rotatably securedbetween said prongs and bearing two leaves adapted to receive and holdbetween them -a safety razor blade, and a roller borne by saidblade-holding member and adapted to roll on the surface of the strop orhone. I

JAMES A. CARMQN.

Witnesses Amen B. LANSING, James B. Devrrr.

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